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CITY EDITION U J I
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Forty-fourth Year No. 33 Price Five Cents.
HILLING TALE
OF BIG DISASTER
Correspondent Tells of Ter-
rible Scenes at Eruption on
I Japanese Island.
TERROR IS SUPREME
I Final Catastrophe Overwhelm
ing Wild Rush Indescrib
j able Panic and Confusion.
. San Francisco. Feb. 7 The first dc-
tailed account of the terrible eruption
of Sakurajima. on the southern coast
of Japan, as received here today from
the Tokio correspondent of the Asso
, ciated Press, places the loss of life,
conservatively estimated at 'several
hundreds."
I Not only was the island of Sakur
I ajima itself, with its dozen villages,
flooded by a torrent of flaming lava,
and buried under a hail of incandes-
cent rocks, but the beautiful city of
:AD Kagoshlma. overlooking the Golden
Gate of Japan, was partially destroy
ed, several towns and villages on the!
111 mainland to the east wore sore hit I
and the villaces of Akamldzu. Yoko
ra yama and Koike were literally swhI
lowed up by the molten lava. Until J
8fc thcv .ire jug out nQ specinc cnunt 0 ,
live? lost over wil be possibe. The ac
.ne count folows:
1 "Whil a Tokio audience of Japan-
C'(J I ese was assembled at the Imperial
theater, viewing moving pictures of
eme" the las', days of Pompeii, the subter
ranean Hros of their own empire, im-
prisoned for more than a century,
were surging upward beneath the;
Isle of Saknrajinia. in the southern-j
most part at the realm. Soon began I
an eruption so fierce and terrible as
10 lake pla-e at once with the his-I
im torir- denionstrai ions of Vesuvius.
"The 22,000 inhabitant of :-al ura
m jlms fled wildly in all directions, in
w a pitiful quest for food and Shelter.
Shrieks of terror filled the air from j
f ' one end f the Island to the other.
From thickly settled villages and from
houses, emhosonip.l grove? pf oranges,
peaches and plums, the rar'niferc ran
; to the shore of the 1 1 h
'"Horses neighed and snorted in ter
ror and all manner of domestic cat-
tip bellowed" and cried to be let loose
Many freed themselves and began a
wild stampede through and over their
human com, anions
)' Many oid men refused to try to
f save themselves and had literally to
be dragged along by the youuger
Women and children were sent oH
first, the women carrying their in
fants slung Japanese-fashion across
their backs, their hands filled with
portable household goods Some
shielded themselves with mattresses;
J others wore metal and earthen poto
for helmets. It was a wild, hugger-
mugger, a peil-mell rush; a flight of
indescribable panic and confusion.
Final Catastrophe Overwhelming,
i "For all that the final catastrophe
was so overwhelming in its sudden
descent, there had been preliminary
a warnings. Two months before, a
traveler reclining leisurely on the
summit of the long mountain ridge
of Yoshinogahara, which plunges ab
ruptly down into the water of Kago
shima gulf, was surprised to see
smoke drifting from new gullies in
the sides of the island peak of Mitake
on Sakurajima.
i . "It was a thick bank of smoke, bi
p. I from Kagoshlma would scarcely be
- j noticed, if at all, only as a fringe of
haze. The traveler returned to Ka
gosblma and told a friend what he
had seen. 'We discussed rather fllp-
pantly perhaps.' he said afterward,
'what would be likely to happen if
Sakurajima were actually to 'go off.'
Now I know a good deal more of that
than I ever wished to learn."
"The next warning came Sunday,
January 11, in the form of severe
earthquakes, accompanied by reson
ant deep cannonading from the
heights of Sakurajima. With lncrcaB
ing violence came 6hock after shock.
Houses toppled, brick walls crumbled
and from far beneath, seemingly as
from some vast cave of echoes, rose
a horrible sound of grinding and roar--W
ing. up through the quaking crust of
K. the earth.
lb -By Monday morning ihe midnight
lot glow that had spread like a scarlet
'a canopy over the vent of the volcano.
changed to an immeasurably lofty 1
column of twisting smoke, laced with
flames and shot with the trail of
fierv missiles.
" "Dawn changed to twilight
l great shower of ashes rained on the
II panic-stricken population. The ash-
es became flowing cinders and the
iod, cinders flaming rocks. Sparkling
at'l lava, gushing from the mouths of the
several craters. leaped downward
aki from cliff to cliff and ledge to ledge
ui- Volcanoes Suddenly Active.
"Volcanoes long supposed extinct
lei, in other parts of the realm leaped
into sympathetic activity, and ashes
,uya fell like snow as far north as the
cities of Osaka and Kobe, as far
Kouth hk the Bonln islands, and as
far wrst a Dalren. while the air was
weighted with sulphurous fumes, and
St distant Toklo itself was mantled In a
sinister, vellow cloud, carrying tor
ror to the masses and producing
" amonc even the most intelligent and
courageous an Inescapable sense of
impending doom
W "By this time the cascades of lava
and the merciless rain of meteor bad
set fire to the sugar cane and bam
boo forests. Houses burst into fire
as if from spontaneous combustion at
re' i everv step.
"Arrived at the shore, the villagers
and peasants flung themselves into
hl sampans, moored on the beach, or
mpl plunged into the gulf. The mountain
na was now a roaring furnace and the
torr heat was unbearable.
Steamers to Rescue.
' From Kagobhima a dozen steam
ers came full speed to the rescue.
Their prompt aid, and that of sail
ing and rowing craft saved thousands
from drowning.
"But In the meantime, things were
not going well In Kagoshlma itself.
A strong east wind filled the streets
with hot ashes and red hot cinders.
Houses began to collapse under the
weight or to catch fire from the cin
ders. "There followed a mad rush of the
inhabitants, thoroughly infected with
the terror of the burned and crazed
islanders, for the railroad station.
Splendid discipline there saved the
day Box freight cars were backed
onto the sidings and with remark
able promptness the crowds were
carried northward to safety."
oo
TRAMP STEAMER
GOES AGROUND
Manasquan, X .1 , Feb. 7. Off her
course in a fog. the British tramp
steamer Queen Louise went aground
early today about a quarter of a mile
off shore here and the prospects were
that she would remain fast until high
tide late this afternoon.
As a precaution the Manasquan life
savers shot a breeches buoy lire
aboard and two boys of the vessel's
crew were brought ashore. The oth
ers in the crew, numbering about 20
including the captain, David McDon
ough, elected to remain aboard
WANTS VILLA TO
DESERT CHIEF
General Diaz" Friend Working
Secretly to Down General
Carranza.
Havana, Feb. 7. Jose Hon.ilr
Sandoval, Mexican attorney and In
timate friend nf Cioncral Felix Diaz,
arrived born today from northern
New Mexico by way of New Orleans,
where he is reported to have open
on a secrei mission to induce Gcn
eral Francisco Villa to renoun.- t;pn
eral Carranza and rorocnlzc General
Diaz as the leader of th Mexican re
bellion. Senor Sandoval n fu&odio disclose
the nature of his trip to the state of
Chihuahua, In Mexico He .-aid he
met General Villa previous to the tat
ter's execution of Francisco Guzman,
who also was reported to have tried
to persuade Villa, to desert Carranza.
The Mexican lawyer said he was well
treated by General Villa, who told
him that the rebels were ready to
attack the town of Torreon and then
would proceed to Mexico City
oo
FOOD AND DRUG
DOARD DROPPED
Washington, Feb. 7. The board of
food and drug Inspection in the de
partment of agriculture, which was
often the center of attack by Dr
Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chem
ist, has been abolished by Secretary
Houston.
At the department of agriculture it
was said the board had been abol
ished in the interest of efficiency
and economy. Dr. Carl Alsberg, who
succeeded Dr Wiley as pure food
chief, witnessed the appeals that for
merly went to the board. He will be
assisted by Dr. R. L Emerson of
Boston.
Dr, Wiley hotly attacked the pure
food board In unmeasured terms at
various stages of his administration,
declaring its operations hnmpered ad
ministration of the spirit of the pure
food laws.
Under the new plan the enforce
ment of the pure food law will vir
tually be entrusted to one man Thai
wa6 what Dr. Wiley contended for.
BANK HEARINGS
AT EL PASO
E Paso, Tex., Feb. 7. Secretaries
McAdoo and Houston will hold a hear
ing tonight in the E31 Paso customs
house to get the views oT Bl Paso
bankers on the location of regional
banks and branches In the west The
secretaries will arrive here at 4:20
and will be the guests at Fort Bliss at
5 o'clock at a review of troops. Then
they will inspect the Mexican refu
gee prison camp and at ' o'clock they
will bP puestp of the Chamber ol Com
merce at dinner. The hearing will
follow and at 10 o'clock they will
leave for the east.
The El Paso bankers and bu-in Bfl
mon will present their elaims In five
minute arguments, each speaker rep
resenting some interest centered at
El Paso. El Paso is only asking to be
kept in the same regional bank dis
trict as Its surrounding trade territory.
COACHES BARRED FROM
SIDELINES.
New York, N. Y, Feb. 7 The in
tercollegiate football rules committee
decided today that hereafter coaches
should be barred from the sidelines.
This was the most radical change in
the rules adopted at the meeting to
day, which was one of the shortest
In the committee's history.
FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER perature. - j'
OGDEN CITY, UTAH, SATURDAYVENTnG, FEBRUARY 7, 1914. Etlt.r.d a, sec.nd.cia. gg , ,. P&ZaiZ
FORMAL REPORT
TOiVERNOR
Graft Investigator Would Re
move Whole New York
Highway System.
URGES PROMPT ACTION
Millions Have Been Wasted
Through Alliance of Con
tractors and Politicians.
Now York. N. V , Feb. 7. .lame:.
W. Osborne, Governor Glynn s graft
investigator, in a lormal statement to
day said he would recommend the re
moval of the whole state highway
system from the field ot party poli
I tics
"ii ought to be defeated,'.' he de
clared. "at the earliest, possible mo
ment before we spend a dollar of the
new fifty million fuud. .Many mill:
ons of dollars have been all but was
ted through the alliance of contract
ors and politic lan I "
CONSPIRACY IN
MEXICO FEARED
Secret Folice Arrest Clerks and
Small Business Men in
Frustrating Plot.
Mexico City, Feb. 7 The federal
capital was quiet today. The author
ities bad feared that conspirators
againsi the administration would at
temnt nn armed uprising but no out
break occurred
The secret police tod. arrested ,1
number of clerks and small business
men alleged to have boon connected
with an anti'governniental conspir
acy. The authorities declare they
found on the prisoners cards Indi
cating their connection with the
movement. The police believe they
have succeeded in frustrating any
important plot. They are maintaining
great ifillanre.
Jose Ye.ru Estanol, brother of
Jorge Vera Estanol, minister of pub
lie Instruction in ihe Madero cabi
net, who was arrested a few days ago
on suspicion of conspiring against
the government, was released t 1 . i
Mexico City Feb. 7. -Troops guard
ed the palace, the arsenal and the ar
tillery barracks throughout th" night
as the result of last night's report!
that conspirators had planned a cup
d'etat against Huerta.
For a time considerable excUement
was caused by the SCtlvit) ol the sol
diers and b a report that an out
break had actually occurred in Guad
alupe, seven miles northeast, where
lighting was said to be In progress.
Telephone messages failed, how
ever, to confirm the rumor? of li1"
Ing. It was thought the fact that
tr. ops had been sent to the suburb
in accordance with military plan., to
be In readiness for a possible upris
ing was responsible for the reports.
Military Officers Confer.
General Blanquet, minister of war,
and others of the military officers
were in eonference during the niht
and it was naturally assumed that the
military activity that ensued was an
outcome of their talk. Officially ir
was denied, however, that the meet
ing considered any plot.
Reports about the capital were that
2500 police were Involved in the
plot and that they had pledged them- j
selves to revolt with certain of the
troops.
The beginning of the new revolt
according to the reports, was fixed
for February 9
Washington, D. C. Fi b. 7 Thomas
H Ilohler, British secretary and
charge d'affaires at Mexico City, ar
rived here today with the purpose of
getting first-hand impressions of the
attitude of public men toward the
Mexican problem.
Having already established official
relations with the llnerta government
j In Mexico, before his departure on
! leave of absence for England, it will
be unnecessary for the charge to pre
sent any fresh credentials when Sir
Lionel Garden departs for England.
Washington, Feb 7. Only a brief
report of the train wreck and de
struction of Cumbre tunnel by Mex
ican bandits has been made by Am
' eric an Consul DdwardS, Prom Acs
pulco new uprislnes are reported on
both eoaBts and freqnenf conflicts of
guerilla bands occur.
Telegraphic and railroad communi
cation between Monterey and Nuevo
laredo have been re-established
VANDERB1LT PARTY
REACHES NEW YORK
New York, . V., Uec. 7. Mr. and
Mrs Frederick W Vanderblll and
party. Including the Duke and Duch
ess of Manchester, reached New York
today on the United Fruit company
liner Almirante from Colon and Kings
ton, finishing a trip necessitated by
the Vanderblll yachl Warrior's
grounding off the coast of Colombia.
According to last reports, the yacht
was still stranded and all but ten of
the crew were taken off. A special
tug met the Vandcrbilt party at Quar
antlne.
HOW $12,000,000 OF NEW HAVEN'S MONEY
VANISHED A TALE OF FRENZIED FINANCE
w
iff-.' v9B
& Top, left to right, Charles S. Mellon
and the late J. I'ierpont Morgan;
4& jggpBfc'- abj bottom, Charles A. 1'routy.
Cjfo'Y , "W 'SB Recent investigations into the af-
tffi fl fairs of the Ncv York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad throw some
aBgL iB I'Sht upon the financial deab?, con
A ' JBBr 'Sv ducted by the firm of J. P. Morgan
i irf jajfeiu .. . & Co., which practically bankrupted
her i Wm?" S the road. Interstate Commerce Com-
y.Kumpi ' u m'ss'oner Charles A. Prouty, in fol-
iv. , de '-. vKk ' ' lowing the trail of frenz: 1 finance,
I m)T 111 BfcjSv g f'e':''arca "omc time ago that nearly
fl'11' ": 'fcv. Sb II tweve millions of the New Haven's
' 11 Plants. Hbj JPBfc:?$ II money "invited" by the New Haven
V V; .. , . 'n Westchester railroad had
' '. 'Bhl3S8f "vanished in thin r.ir." In testifying
I as 10 tne Westchester deal, former
- "-BShBwP President Mellen of the New Haven
vy-.yCef. '; 'Kr sa'd: "I know that it did cost and I
r j believe that its cost was represented
i iiA nKf-'S4 v. Ly the lawsuits, litigation, franchi5e
n i UQfZzZ values, piving away of capital stock,
and giving away of rights before we
MASKED" WOMAN "
COMMITS MliRDER
Former Wife of Garage Owner
Shot Down by Caller in
McorninVei!." 3
Newark, X. J , Feb. 7. Hazel Herd
man, a girl of 20, infatuated witii
Charles v. Manning, shot and killed
Mrs. Harriet Manning in her home
here last night. This was the an
nouncement made by the Newark po
lice this afternoon.
The girl Is dying In the .Mountain
Side hospital at Montclair, X. J., of
poison taken with suicidal intent.
Learning that a young woman had
been taken to the Institution, the po
lice seized on it as a clue to the mys
terious shooting of .Mrs Manning ;'iir.
accostinp Miss Herdman, accused her
ol the crime
Then, according to the police. ihe
confepsed, Baying that she was iu
love with Manning and had killed his
wife he ause the wife had failed to
get a divorce as promised
Mi:-H Herdman was the unnamed
woman detained by the police and
questioned last night. She was re
leased this morning.
Xewark, X J.; Feb, 7. A revol
ver and a silk umbrella were the
only c lues which the police had today
to help them identify the veiled worn
an who last night shot ami killed Mrs
Harriet Manning in her mother's
home here. These the murderess
left behind when She fled after firing
with deliberate coolness, two shots at
her victim In the presence of Mrs
Manning's mother, sister and met e.
Mrs. Manning's husband. Charles
F. Manning, garage manager, from
whom she had been separated for two
years, and a woman whose iilciilit
Is not revealed, after having been
held b the police all night and Ids.
ly questioned, were released today.
Subsequent! the police detained an
Italian woman, who in dress and
buihi seemed to answer the descrip
tion of the murdereaa as given by
Mrs. Manning's relatives. Jacoh
Zinc, who formerly boarded with the
family, was aho brought to headquar
ters.
Delect Ives are making efforts to uii
cover the history of Mrs Manning's
domestic relations and her friend
ships The police were inclined to
attribute the crime to Jealousy, sus
pecting trouble between Mrs Man
ning and the woman who killed her
over one oi Mrs. Mannings admir
ers. The fact that the woman announced
herself when she called as "Mrs Man
nlng's girl friend from Philadelphia,'
prompted the local polite to seek the
aid of the police of that city.
Xewark. X T.. l'cb. 7 Completely J
masked by a heavy mourning veil,
the young woman caller who last
nit-ht shot Mrs. Harriet Manning tn
death in the parlor of her mother's
home here, has thus far succeeded In
biding her Identity ana escaping ar
rest. After releasing from custodj early
today t'harles 1. Maiinim; husband of
the murdered woman ami a young
woman arrested lu Montclair, whom
Manning admitted he knew, the Xew
ark police declared they had no clue
to the identity of the slayer. Manning
and the young woman left police
headquarters together, but neither
would discuss the murder The wo
man was heavily veiled and her ld tt
tity could not be learned, the police I
refusing any information concerning
her.
Manning, who had been separated '
from his wife Bfnco July, 1911, con
ducts a garage at Verona, near here. !
j Follow mg their Reparation the w ife
went to the home of her mother, Mrs.
Harriet Cobb.
The theory that jealousy mighl
have prompted the murder was ad
vanced by the police. Mrs. Cobb sad
her daughter was friendly with sev
eral men who look their mea's at tier
home, but she did not know that -uv
Of the, friendships could have caus
ed the shooting.
ITALY PROTESTS
AGAINST LAW
New Immigration Bill Plac
ing American Surgeons on
Emigrant Ships Opposed.
Washington, D. C Feb. 7. Italy's
protest against the new Immigration
bill's proision to place American sur
geons on emigrant ships was before
tbe senate committee today, waiting
the rrsuif of conferences with Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan.
Representative Burnett, author of
tho bill, thinks the provision one of
the most valuable, but should the sen
ale. at the wish of the administration
strike it out, the house probably will
not insist on if. Leaders thought
the object could be accomplished in
other ways.
The house bill was today BUbstltU
ted for all other pending senate bills
and with amendments, will be taken
j to Ihe floor very soon
Chairman Smith bus consulted Pres
Idenl Wilson on the literacy test and
other restrictive phases
"I am ID no position now to discuss
the president's view," he said.
Hearings may be ordered later.
INVESTIGATORS
AT HOUGHTON
Hearings in Calumet Strike
Inquiry to be Begun
Next Monday.
Houghton, Mich Feb. 7. Congrt -men
E. T, Taylor ot Colorado and
.i j Case') of Pennsylvania, ho are
members i the sub-committee ap
pointed to Investigate strike condi
tion in the Michigan i opper i ountrj ,
arrived lure today and Representa
tive Howell of Utah Is expected to
morrow. local committee mel the ln
gatori and tendered them the use
ibi' cits hall for the hearings,
whlcb probably Will begin on Mon
day. Mr. T.nior, who is chairman ol the
Bub-committee, said thai no plan of
procedure bad been agreed on and
that arrangements for the hearings
would be made after the arrival of
Mr Howell.
Slow progress was made toda in
the Seeberville murder trial today.
Stanko Stepech. who was one of the
men shot, again took the stand and
dest rlbed how he w as wounded, He
did not witness the killing ot Steve
Putrich, for the alleged murder of
v horn two deputy sheriffs and three
Waddell-Mahon guards are on trial.
NAVY TUG IS
LOSTJN ICE
Wireless Calls Searching
Frozen Wastes of New
Foundland Coast.
HEAVY ICE PACKS IN BAY
I
Potomac Making Fruitless
Search for Imprisoned Fish
ing Schooners Lowell and
Willard.
Washington. I). C. Feb. 7. Wire
lens calls were sputtering out from
the b!p aa'vj lovers at Arlington to I
day to the !ro;-.en wastes of the New
Foundland coast, searching tor the
navy tug Potomac, lost in the ice af
ter an unsuccessful attempt to Tt.
t CU ihe crews of the fishing Bchpon
ers Hiram Lowell and Prances WM
lard
The heavy ice packs in the Bay of
Islands turned the sturdy Potoma
back from ber work of rescue after
days of useless smashing at the fr.
sen fields that bold Ihe Lowell ;ini
ihe Willard prisoners. She left the
bay tor North Sydney Thursday night
and should have put into port yester
day. When the tug was not heard
i ft on today, navj officers said there
I was no cause for alarm, but put the
wireless feeling for her. They
I thought she merely had been delayed
making her way through the heavy
ice in the straits.
The Jam, however, probably will be
the salvation of the crews of the im
I prisoned fishing schooners. Officl&lC
j here are not concerned for their safe
ty, saying if their ships are crushed
In the pack they easily can make their
way to shore over the ice.
OGDEN MAN IS
V1CF PRESIDENT
General Manager W. R. Scolt
to Succeed E. E. Calvin of
Southern Pacific
j S?n Francisco, Feb (i. -me ap
! pointment of W. R. Scott, general
manager of the Southern Pacific sys
tem to succeed EC. E. Calviu. as vice
I president in charge of maintenance,
I operation and construction was made
here tonight by the company.
S ott w ill assume his new duties
I at once, retaining his former official
title and adding to it that of vice
president.
Calvin resigned a short time ago
to become general manager of the
Oregon Short Line
Like his predecessors Scott is a
self-made railroad man. He started
in the engine cab and worked up.
COLD WEATHER
SWEEPING EAST
Washington. D. '. Feb 7. Cold
weather BWeeplng eastward spread its
Frosty blanket over the Ohio valley
and tho upper lake region today with
promise of bringing the lowest tern
peratures of the year.
Storm warnings order up all along
the Atlantic coast from the Delaware
breakwater to Eastport. Maine, her
alded the cold wave wi: by all
predictions will be ovat The Atlantic
coast district, and the lower lake re
gion by tonight and will stay over
Sunday.
Zero temperatures throughout the
Missouri valley and the plains states
being pushed alon; eastward are ex
pected to make it very cold and ' bai
lor the next two or three days ex
cept iu the lower lake regions and
northern New England, where snows
were expected. Generally fair wea
ther was predicted elsewhere.
The weather bureau's little white
flag with the black square in the
center w;is fluttering off its slleut
message "cold wave' from all the sta
tions lu the east today.
Sioux City, la.. Feb 7. The cold
esi weather of the winter is being
experienced In this section today. The
thermometer registered 16 below this
inornini; At .Mitelmll, S. l . it was
IT) below.
Spokane, Wash. Feb. 7. Tempera
lures ten to thirty degrees higher than
yeSijerday In eastern Washington.
Montana, Idaho and Wyoming Indies
ted todaj thai ibe cold wave in this
section has passed to the eaflt.
Havre. Mont., reported 80 deforces
below zero, a rise of 82 degrees in
twenty-four hours. Zero temperatures
prevailed 111 most parts of Montana
Sheridan, Wyo Bhpwed the greatest
rise In temperature.
The thermometer there stood at
four above, a rise of 30 degrees
BRITISH EXPORTS INCREASE.
London. England, Feb. 7. The Jan
uary statement ol the Board of Trade
shows a decrease of SltklL'tf.OOO in
Imports and an Increase ol $11, 800,
000 in exports
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AIRSHIP MAKES TRIAL TRIP.
Potsdam, Germany, Feb. 7.-The
latest Zeppelin airship attained an a
erago speed of ii" miles an hour on
her eight-hour trial trip from Fried
richshaveh today.
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HEAVY BLOW TO
MUCREDIT
New Haven Railroad Securi. iH
ties Sold in Paris With iH
Bankruptcy in Sight.
INQUIRY TO CONTINUE
Published Exposure a Tale of 1
Infamy of Gang of fll
Plunderers.''
Washington. Feb. 7 Attorney Gen KH
era McReynolds lakes the view that HH
any prosecutions for financial opera- Lsillfl
tions or the New York. New Haven & iBLI
Hartford railway must come under lsi
state not federal statutes, according 1
to a statement iu the senate today by nsSBBlf
Mr. New lands of Nevada The attor- ifiH
j ney general's position was reported hsLh
I during rebate, when the Norris reso Hsl
j lutlon to direct the interstate com- 3&1
merce commission to reopen itg In- lifiKfl
1 estlgalion of New Haven affairs was ilfflfl
taken up '&?bh
Senator Lodie declared that inves- ifaSMB
ligation should be made of the man- sftjMl
ner in which Speyer & Co.. New York HmHH
bankers, floated Frisco railroad ? s- il9
tern securities in Paris wail
Information was called for by the SD9
resolution: I nfll
' What became of the fund-; of the fotjCW
New Haven invested in various enter fcfflBj
prises and corporations men'ioned in
the recent report of the Interstate fyK?B
commerce commission? Ijl&sS
I "Whether the person or persons au- rntfssl
! thorlxing Investment of those funds iSni
: and the person or persons receiving kv&ffl
I the benefit are liable to punishment K't!
j under existing laws. i-CS
"W hether under existing law ihee t .S?
funds can be recovered on behalf of
I tbe stockholders Of said company r tvl
"What legislation, if any. i;; necee- I ' ' jl
sar. I. prevent the recnrrcnno of slm- . Sj
liar transactions." i
Washington, Feb 7 - Senator Nor- V'j
i ris' resolution, direct ins tho IntT
I state eommercp commission to con- I
; tinue its investigation of New Haven "'V?'fJ
railr"ad affairs, was passed today by Viyj
ihe 'senate in a modified form,
Ho said he had been informed that f""
I by paying Paris bankers commissions f
j as high as 7 1-2 per cent, Speyer & Co. f.rj. 3
I induced tho French people to buy f"
the securities a few months lefore
the railroad went into bankruptcy. .'
"The Temlt was that American I '':'f'
credit was siven a greater blow In , $V.
France than it had ever received be- J&L
fore," declared Senator Lodge.
Senator Kenyon characterized the ti'-V
published exposure of New Haven af- ,'!
fairs as a tale of ' the infamy of a i'-'Jffi
gang of plunderers" uV':.
Senator Oliver put into the record I v
the appointment of Speyer & Co. as
fiscal agents of the navy department
of the United States in London last
April.
FATE OF TEN I
INJMN01 I
Rumors Regarding Americans f j
Captured by Bandits and
Sent Into Blazing Tun- ,
nel Discredited. I
H
Juarez. .Mexico. Feb 7. Gravest 1 I I
fears that the six American railroad j I
men and thirty-five passengers on I
the Mexico & Northwestern train,
which run Into the burning Cumbre S I
tunnel last Wednesday have perished, j
were expressed by railroad men here I
this afternoon -, s
Two Mexicans who left the train at
Cumbre say the passenger was not I 1
held up. but ran Into the tunnel in I
nocent of the danger. The fact that
none of the crew or passengers have
been seen since, although four days j fl
have idapsed. is regarded as the sad- j .
I dest evidence of their fate, for which I
the bandit leader, Maximo Castillo, I H
who failed to leave warning that he
! had set a freight train on fire In fhe
tunnel, is regarded as responsible. IH
luarez. Mex , Feb. 7. Definite in- L .
formation of the fate of the ten Am- I
erican railroad men captured by Mex- JM
iean bandits was still lacking today,
.although in this city railroad officials
were still disposed to discredit the ft .'Ji'jj
i rumor that they, or at least the six
or them, who were on the passenger 'I '.'-3
train, were locked in the train and
sent to their deaths in the blazing
Cumbre tunnel.
Circumstances thus far learned are IH
against tb irnth of the rumors. Ac- t
cording to P, C Thede, superintend-
out of ibe Pearson plant at El Pa60. ''"tii
tbe train stopped at the station of i;s.f?
("umbie This is only a quarter of a ."M
mile from tho big Cumbre tunnel, and jf?6
Mr. Thede said that In thnt distance t'B
the train could not have gained suf- if-iffi
fit icnt momentum to briiij; on a wreck IhI
bo complete that all persons in the t'JwI
train would have been killed. There 'W
prere about ::" Mexican passengers. i-M
I be rumor was started by a Mcx-
ican who is now believed to havP r3S
been Instructed to tell tbe story to ;:$si
delay pursuit of the bandits and their II JWk
prisoners, PTs
There were .six Americans on the lr,fja
passenger train, and two American
conductors and two American engi-
neers on the freight, which was a
double header, and which was set on ifS
lire to destroy the tunnel. A num- & r
ber of Mexican traiumen also are
missing. I